For a large portion of their lives, Marty Turco and Stephen Johns’ challenges in hockey have revolved more around the opponent and less around their own abilities on the ice.

That wasn’t the case Saturday, when the hockey stars traded in their skates for a sled.

Turco and Johns were on the ice at the Dr. Pepper StarCenter in Farmers Branch for a sled hockey charity game, teaming with sled hockey players in Dallas against players from Austin and Houston. It was both players’ first time taking part in sled hockey, and though Johns anticipated a challenge, the degree of the adjustment still surprised him.

“You try to do what you do on your feet, but you can’t,” Johns said. “It was awesome, just really cool to see how good some of these guys are, how much they love the game of hockey and how much it does for them. It’s a special day.”

Johns turned out to have a pretty good day himself once he got in a groove, scoring a couple of...